Let's talk browning sa22's

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For the browning guys:
are the latest sa22's functionally as reliable as older versions?
Is there a time frame/model to avoid?
I understand collectors like the Belgian models, but I'm not a collector - I'm a user.
Fill me in.

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I've had a few of the older Belgium models with iron sites.
They twack great but given me old eyes and no where to put a scope I let them go.
Never ventured into the newer beaver tailed fore stock type as I found them
somewhat cost prohibited.
If they work as the older ones did, I can't see a reason not to own one.

Climb into the saddle if the price is right.
 
mbogo3 said:
Chinese copies were that bad.....Harold
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Yeah they were, but at less than 25 percent of the price of a Browning, they certainly were not 75 percent less gun.
Not the one I have dealt with, in any case.

Yeah, I would rather have a Browning right now, but I would not be able to boot it around behind the seat of the truck, etc., without worrying about it.

Cheers
Trev
 
I had a couple china Norinco's and were only meh after I disassembled from front to back, cleaned, filed, polished and fitted parts, adjusted, got cut and bleed, file more sharp metal, tighten and tune a bit more then struggle through a box or so of break in ammo. Sold both and kept both Belgian real deals along with two top loaders.

Only thing that was nice about the Norinco as said was didn't care if they got marked up while using, besides that fit and finish was horible, wood was soft and marked easy, but they shot straight.
 
You can get an early/mid 70s Miroku Browning for not much more than you pay for a new Norinco, and it will be a better gun that will at least hold its value.

I paid around $300 for a Miroku last year, with no regrets. Far better made than the Norincos I've handled.
 
You see some occasionally with the grooved receiver but people didn't like that setup I suppose.
I picked up a CanAm special last year for around $120 and it shoots well and will cycle CCI quiets.

The bottom eject precludes certain holds unless your shirt sleeve is tight.... :)
 
I would love the Browning SA22, but last year when CanAm had the special on the Norinco SA20 @ $125, I couldn't resist! Mine shoots straight, cycles & even groups half decent!

Cheers
Jay
 
grelmar said:
You can get an early/mid 70s Miroku Browning for not much more than you pay for a new Norinco, and it will be a better gun that will at least hold its value.

I paid around $300 for a Miroku last year, with no regrets. Far better made than the Norincos I've handled.
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I agree, they are undervalued in the used market.
Night and day between China and Japan.
 
I had both fn and newer jap one, sold the newer old to my buddy and kept the fn.

The newer ones have nicer stock, but fit are comparable.

Also handled the norc. The fit and finish of the chinese olds are not in the same postal code as the brownings, but the one i saw was reliable and accurate.
 
My SA22 came with a Bushnell rimfire scope. That combo would not return to zero after takedown. I have since upgraded the scope to VX1 but have moved onto playing with other toys and have not spent the time to find out if the rifle will hold its point of aim after take down or not.
 
Some old pics with the sa22.

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I have a Japanese made one, I got it cheaper and was gonna try it out and see if I liked it and then maybe sell it for what I paid. It will be staying, with iron sights it shoots more accurately than any other .22 I have owned. I took it to the range and set a target at 50 yards, then went back to the bench and rested it on my bag, shot 11 rounds at the target and went down to look at it. Five rounds through a ragged hole with a few small flyers around the hole, and that was the first 11 rounds through the gun! You are limited by iron sights, my barrel is drilled and tapped, but I think a scope would ruin the clean lines of the rifle, it is a good iron sighted plinker.
 
I never had the original,but the Norinco at $125 from Canada ammo was just too good a deal to pass up.They are also the best finished Norinco's I've seen..knowing the takedown issues,nice to have but I don't bother ,just leave it alone
 
I wouldn't worry about any of the Brownings. The design was so foolproof that even my Norinco copy made by Chinese teenagers functions 100%.
 
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